North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers, Greensboro

Emergency Room Negligence / Medical Malpractice Studies have found t...

2006-09-21T17:21:34.913Z

Emergency Room Negligence / Medical Malpractice

Studies have found that medical errors in the emergency department are common, and that the proportion of preventable adverse events occurring in the emergency rooms is among the highest for all areas of medical care. Negligence, or malpractice, may occur at any stage of the patient’s emergency room visit. It may result from an incorrect initial assessment, leading to a delay in diagnosis or treatment; a failure to recognize the condition bringing the patient to the emergency room (misdiagnosis); a failure to obtain appropriate diagnostic tests; a failure to obtain a consultation from an appropriate specialist or a failure to refer the patient to an appropriate specialist; or prescribing an incorrect medication.

Emergency room errors frequently occur in the following areas:

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If you would like to discuss your possible emergency room negligence claim, please contact our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers for more information. Greensboro NC Medical Malpractice Lawyers or Call toll free 1-800-953-2542

Hospitals in North Carolina Alamance Regional Medical Center - Burli...

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Hospitals in North Carolina

Alamance Regional Medical Center - Burlington, North Carolina
Albemarle Hospital - Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Baptist Hostpital - Winston Salem, North Carolina
Cape Fear Valley Health System - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Cape Fear Hospital - Wilmington, North Carolina
Carolinas HealthCare System - Charlotte, North Carolina
Central Carolina Hospital - Sanford, North Carolina
Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital - Linville, North Carolina
Cleveland Regional Medical Center - Shelby, North Carolina
Columbus County Hospital - Whiteville, North Carolina
Conway Medical Center - Conway, North Carolina
Craven Regional Medical Center - New Bern, North Carolina
Davis Regional Medical Center - Statesville, North Carolina
Duke University - Durham, North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center - Durham, North Carolina
Duplin General Hospital - Kenansville, North Carolina
First Health of the Carolinas - central North Carolina (Moore Regional Hospital, Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Richmond Memorial Hospital)
Forsyth Medical Center - Winston Salem, North Carolina
Frye Regional Medical Center - Hickory, North Carolina
Good Hope Hospital - Erwin, North Carolina
Grace Hospital - Morganton, North Carolina
Harris Regional Hospital - Sylva, North Carolina
Haywood Regional Medical Center - Clyde, North Carolina
High Point Regional Health System - High Point, North Carolina
Hugh Chatham Memorial - Elkin, North Carolina
Iredell Memorial Hospital - Statesville, North Carolina
Johnston Memorial Hospital - Smithfield, North Carolina
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center - Mooresville, North Carolina
Lenoir Memorial Hospital - Kinston, North Carolina
Mission St Josephs - Asheville, North Carolina
Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital - Hendersonville, North Carolina
Maria Parham Hospital - Henderson, North Carolina
Morehead Memorial Hospital - Eden, North Carolina
Memorial Mission Medical Center, Inc. - Asheville, North Carolina
Moses Cone Health System - Greensboro, North Carolina
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
New Hanover Regional Medical Center - Wilmington, North Carolina
North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Northeast Medical Center - Concord, North Carolina
Onslow Memorial Hospital - Jacksonville, North Carolina
The Outer Banks Hospital - Nags Head, North Carolina
Pender Memorial Hospital - Burgaw, North Carolina
Presbyterian Healthcare System - Charlotte, North Carolina
Raleigh Community Hospital - Raleigh, North Carolina
Randolph Hospital - Asheboro, North Carolina
Rex Healthcare - Raleigh, North Carolina
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital - Ahoskie, North Carolina
Rowan Regional Medical Center - Salisbury, North Carolina
Sampson Regional Memorial Hosptial - Clinton, North Carolina
Sanhills Regional Medical Center - Hamlet, North Carolina
Scotland Memorial Hospital - Laurinburg, North Carolina
Southeastern Regional Medical Center - Lumberton, North Carolina
Stanly Memorial Hospital - Albemarle, North Carolina
Transylvania Community Hospital - Brevard, North Carolina
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - Greenville, North Carolina
UNC Hospitals - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Union Regional Medical Center - Monroe, North Carolina
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - Winston-Salem, NC
WakeMed - Raleigh, North Carolina
Watauga Medical Center - Boone, North Carolina

Hospital Malpractice & Our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers ...

2006-09-21T18:04:56.555Z

Hospital Malpractice & Our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Hospitals are held to professional standards of care, just as individual healthcare professionals are. Hospital malpractice includes any type of medical negligence that occurs in a hospital setting, including errors by doctors, nurses, technicians and other hospital staff. According to the Center for Disease Control, hospital mistakes cause nearly 2 million patients to develop preventable infections in United States hospitals every year. At least 90,000 of these victims will die as a result of their injuries.

Our North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers have the experience and resources to take on important and challenging hospital malpractice cases and obtain significant compensation for our hospital malpractice clients. If you would like to learn more about hospital malpractice, please call us at 1-800-953-2542 or contact us through our online form.

The Startling Numbers Behind Medical Malpractice - Fewer than 20 pe...

2006-09-21T17:43:13.344Z

The Startling Numbers Behind Medical Malpractice

- Fewer than 20 percent of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records, among the lowest rates in industrialized countries;

- One-third of U.S. patients reported a medical, medication or laboratory error in the past two years;

- About 115 per 100,000 deaths in the U.S. are preventable with proper health care, compared with 75 in France and 81 in Japan (Bloomberg/Miami Herald, 9/21);

- A recent study reports that 100,000 - 150,000 deaths are preventable each year;

- Visits to doctors for adverse drug events have increased in the past five years;

- Based on 2000–2002 mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, there is a thirty-three-percentage-point spread between the risk-adjusted mortality ratios achieved in the best 10 percent of hospitals (lowest rate) and the bottom 10 percent.

Greensboro, North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers Medical malpr...

2006-09-21T17:11:21.721Z

Greensboro, North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Medical malpractice is the result of a healthcare provider’s failure to provide the expected standard of care to a patient. Some of the most common ways that medical malpractice occurs is through failure or errors in timely diagnosis, ordering appropriate treatment, ordering necessary tests and proper medication, consulting with specialists, and surgical procedures.

Every year, thousands of people are injured as a result of medical malpractice. The consumer rights group Public Citizen estimates that each year, 1.3 million medical injuries are caused by negligence, and that more than two-thirds of these injuries are preventable. Compound this number with the unreported mistakes made in other healthcare settings (physicians’ offices, urgent care centers, nursing homes, pharmacies and home care) and the magnitude of medical malpractice becomes staggering.

Medical malpractice claims not only hold doctors accountable but may address medical mistakes made by a nurse, a medical technician, or other health care provider. A medical facility may be a hospital, nursing home, medical testing facility or clinic. If the medical attention fails to meet the standard of good medical practice and results in harm to a patient, the medical professional or medical facility may be liable for any resulting damages.

It is a medical malpractice lawyer's obligation to determine as quickly and efficiently as possible whether there is a good, actionable case. Medical malpractice cases are by their very nature complex, expensive to pursue, have a high risk of no recovery, and often involve a client's "personal" attachment.

To learn more about your specific situation and consult with an experienced North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyer visit our website: Greensboro NC Medical Malpractice Lawyers or Call toll free 1-800-953-2542